Va. boy and his mother recall kidnapping

Kevin Lunsmann was honored as a hero after he and his mother were kidnapped in the Philippines last year.

Sept. 23, 2012Kevin Lunsmann, center, gets ready to play football with friends Aaron Brumfield, 16, left, and Zach Gowen, 16, at the house of Lunsmann's mother’s aunt in Goode, Va. Last year, Kevin was a typical Virginia teenager ready to start high school in Lynchburg, a kid who liked fishing and football games. But a trip to visit family members in the southern Philippines took a terrifying, surreal turn: Kevin and his mother were kidnapped by Islamist terrorists, members of an al-Qaeda-linked group known for beheading its victims. Norm Shafer/For The Washington Post